screentone

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noun

A technique for applying textures and shades to drawings from preprinted sheets, used as an alternative to hatching.

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Meanings

nounscreentone (countable and uncountable, plural screentones)

plural screentones

  1. uncountableA technique for applying textures and shades to drawings from preprinted sheets, used as an alternative to hatching.
  2. countableA texture or shading of this kind.

    There are various kinds of screentones, but the ones with printed small dots are the most basic.

    2018, Danica Davidson, Rena Saiya, Manga Art for Intermediates, page 7

Origin

From screen + tone.

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APA

screentone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screentone

MLA

“screentone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screentone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screentone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screentone.

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